> I am not sure if I should use datastax's DSC or official Debian packages from > Cassandra. How do I choose between them for a production server ? They are technically the same. The DSC update will come out a little after the Apache release, and I _think_ they release for every Apache release.
> 1. when I upgrade to a newer version, would that retain my previous > configurations so that I don't need to configure everything again ? Yes if you select that when doing the package install. > 2. would that smoothly replace the previous installation by itself ? Yes > 3. what's the way (kindly, if you can tell the command) to upgrade ? http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/webhelp/index.html#upgrade/upgradeC_c.html#concept_ds_yqj_5xr_ck > 4. when should I prefer datastax's dsc to that ? (I need to install for > production env.) Above Hope that helps. ----------------- Aaron Morton New Zealand @aaronmorton Co-Founder & Principal Consultant Apache Cassandra Consulting http://www.thelastpickle.com On 27/09/2013, at 11:01 PM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not sure if I should use datastax's DSC or official Debian packages from > Cassandra. How do I choose between them for a production server ? > > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Could you please clarify that: > 1. when I upgrade to a newer version, would that retain my previous > configurations so that I don't need to configure everything again ? > 2. would that smoothly replace the previous installation by itself ? > 3. what's the way (kindly, if you can tell the command) to upgrade ? > 4. when should I prefer datastax's dsc to that ? (I need to install for > production env.) > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > How do you install Cassandra on Ubuntu & later how do you upgrade the > installation on the node when an update has arrived ? Do you simply download > & replace the latest tar.gz, untar it to replace the older cassandra files? > How do you do it ? How does this upgrade process differ for a major version > upgrade, like say switching from 1.2 series to 2.0 series ? > > Use the deb packages. To upgrade, install the new package. Only upgrade a > single major version. and be sure to consult NEWS.txt for any upgrade caveats. > > Also be aware of this sub-optimal behavior of the debian packages : > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2356 > > =Rob > > >
